Ryan Reynolds & Bradley Cooper To Star In Buddy Cop Movie

Published 5 years ago
by
Ross Miller
, Updated July 17th, 2013 at 11:57 pm,

Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper may be a couple of the busiest actors in Hollywood right now but that hasn’t stopped them from shopping for new projects.

Now, it sounds as if the A-list actors are about to team up for a new buddy cop movie.

Risky Business reports that Reynolds and Cooper are in the process of signing onto an original untitled action-comedy about, “two friends, who are also San Francisco cops, whose fathers were once partners on the police force. The older generation is forced out of retirement to help their sons crack a case, with typically antagonistic results.”

Before non-action fans write-off the movie, you should know the script was written by Sheldon Turner – who just won an Oscar for co-writing the Up in the Air script. Apparently, he fetched a seven-figure payday for his work on the upcoming buddy cop film.

The untitled project will be produced by Neal Moritz (The Bounty Hunter), Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers), J.C. Spink, Chris Bender (A History of Violence) and Jonathan Komack Martin (Reynold’s Dark Trick Films partner). It isn’t set up at a major studio yet but could land at Sony – since Moritz’ Original Film company (Green Hornet) is located over there.

The film is said to have an “updated Lethal Weapon flavor that plays into edgier R-rated territory.” However, with two megastars like Reynolds and Cooper involved, it’s possible the film will get toned down for a PG-13 rating – in order to snag a wider audience (specifically the girls who go crazy for the actors).

The project was set up five years ago by Turner and Panay – at that time it was titled Blowback (I guess they’ve dropped that title). The film was originally set to star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

I’m a little surprised that both Reynolds and Cooper are on-board. Not that they make a bad duo, but neither of them are struggling for work (Reynolds has seven films in development, Cooper has six), and an action-comedy (one that doesn’t even have a title) seems like an odd choice.

Perhaps they were drawn to the project by Turner’s name, the chance to work together, or maybe there’s something special about the script that has yet to be revealed.

Whatever the reason, I’m pretty sure the film will do well at the box office. Much like another recent buddy cop movie, The Other Guys (which starred Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg), the two names attached to the untitled film are probably enough to get butts in the seats – no matter what the story.

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vancitykid 4 years ago

I wonder who would be the more comedic one of the 2 of them, I can already imagine the banter between them…

He’s reportedly still comitted to the role, but what do you expect? The film is going no where (although it’s HOPED (not saying much) that it’ll get going next year), and he’s not getting any younger. He can’t wait around for Fox to do something forever.

It’s smart to do other projects while the studio is still negotiation with Rodriguez to direct. I do agree that he’s getting attached on too many roles though.

They can do nothing w/o a director, and the studio is still negotiationg with Rodriguez for the job. Reynolds is just doing the smart thing and doing other projects while Fox and Rodriguez work out a deal.

Is this the Rorschach and Deadpool movie?? If it is then by all means I’m on board!! LOL!! Hate me for this or not… I’d really love it if it were Rorschach and Deadpool. Is it just me, or would Cooper seem cool if he did a role as dark as Rorschach?

They are both two of the most popular and likeable movie stars right now. I find it hard to believe they can get them together on a project. And should the movie be made, I doubt that one of them would be the sidekick type. They might have the same screen time and I think it’s best that they focus on the banter between the two

Who on earth finds Bradly Cooper likable? And what’s wrong with that person?

I liked the hangover but he was the worst part of the film. He is a no talent pretty boy. I may not be the biggest Brad Pitt fan but at least he can act. Cooper is not only a bad actor but he has a complete douche vibe guy comes off like a tool in every thing he does.